Rathergate

Think Again: CBS and Dan Rather -- Doing the Right's Dirty Work

Eric Alterman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric Alterman

CBS is attempting to portray Rather as some crazy old grandpa. What's more significant, however, is the "Memogate" scandal that could be answered by the Rather lawsuit.

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Is Bernie Goldberg Right? Had Bush "In Fact Volunteered to Go to Vietnam?"

Thomas Lipscomb | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thomas Lipscomb

Bernard Goldberg has unearthed a "lost fact" in the Rathergate mess: that George W. Bush volunteered to serve in Vietnam. Until valid paperwork is produced, that claim will remain a supposition.

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Rathergate, The Movie: Hollywood Insiders Working On Film Adaptation

New York Observer | Felix Gillette | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Mob has learned that a team of Hollywood insiders is currently working on a screen adaptation of Truth And Duty: The Press, the President, a...

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Dan Rather on The View: "One Of The Nicest Guys In This Business," And Also, A Sex God

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barbara Walters and her sisters at The View welcomed Dan Rather to their couch today, with an especially warm welcome from Walters, who called Rather ...

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Rather Speaks On Rathergate: What Pure, Unadulterated Bullshit This Whole Thing Is

New York Magazine | Joe Hagan | Posted 05.25.2011

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If he weren't famous, he'd be mistaken for a veteran of a long-ago war: khaki safari shirt on his back, scuffed combat boots on his feet, that wiry cr...

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